History YMMV / SwanSong

* NightmareFuel

** [[BigBad The Man With the Scarlet Eye]], aka "[[ForTheEvulz Friend]]", who may be TheDevil himself, has been wandering the Earth in different guises, [[HistoricalRapSheet arranging and committing a multitude of massacres and other evil deeds]]. When Friend helps to arrange [[WorldWarIII nuclear war]], he ends up massacring a group of other survivors in his pursuit for the woman known as Sister and an item she carries to lead to the girl Swan. When Friend discovers Swan's power to bring life back to the dead Earth, he brings the information to a militia known as the Army of Excellence, leading to attacks on settlements and more death. It is revealed that Friend, annoyed with Swan offering him forgiveness, is attempting to help the now-insane former President of the US trigger a doomsday device to wipe out the world and the remainder of humanity while he watches, enjoys the show, and then dances on their graves.

* CompleteMonster: [[BigBad The Man With the Scarlet Eye]], aka "[[ForTheEvulz Friend]]", who may be TheDevil, has been wandering the Earth in different guises, [[HistoricalRapSheet arranging and committing a multitude of massacres and other evil deeds]]. When Friend helps to arrange [[WorldWarIII nuclear war]], he ends up massacring a group of other survivors in his pursuit for the woman known as Sister and an item she carries to lead to the girl Swan. When Friend discovers Swan's power to bring life back to the dead Earth, he brings the information to a militia known as the Army of Excellence, leading to attacks on settlements and more death. It is revealed that Friend, annoyed with Swan offering him forgiveness, is attempting to help the now-insane former President of the US trigger a doomsday device to wipe out the world and the remainder of humanity while he watches, enjoys the show, and then dances on their graves.

* CompleteMonster: [[BigBad The Man With the Scarlet Eye]], aka "Friend", who may be TheDevil, has been wandering the Earth in different guises, [[HistoricalRapSheet arranging and committing a multitude of massacres and other evil deeds]]. When Friend helps to arrange [[WorldWarIII nuclear war]], he ends up massacring a group of other survivors in his pursuit for the woman known as Sister and an item she carries to lead to the girl Swan. When Friend discovers Swan's power to bring life back to the dead Earth, he brings the information to a militia known as the Army of Excellence, leading to attacks on settlements and more death. It is revealed the Friend is attempting to help the now insane former President of the US trigger a doomsday device to [[OmnicidalManiac wipe out the world and the remainder of humanity]] while he watches, enjoys the show, and then dances on their graves.

* CompleteMonster: [[BigBad The Man With the Scarlet Eye]], who may be TheDevil, has been wandering the Earth in different guises, [[HistoricalRapSheet arranging and committing a multitude of massacres and other evil deeds]]. When he helps to arrange [[WorldWarIII nuclear war]], he ends up massacring a group of other survivors in his pursuit for the woman known as Sister and an item she carries to lead to the girl Swan. When he discovers Swan's power to bring life back to the dead Earth, the Man with the Scarlet Eye brings the information to a militia known as the Army of Excellence, leading to attacks on settlements and more death. It is revealed the Man with the Scarlet Eye is attempting to help the now insane former President of the US trigger a doomsday device to [[OmnicidalManiac wipe out the world and the remainder of humanity]] while he watches, [[ForTheEvulz enjoys the show and then dances on their graves]].

* CompleteMonster: [[BigBad The Man With the Scarlet Eye]], who may be TheDevil, has been wandering the earth in different guises, [[HistoricalRapSheet arranging and committing a multitude of massacres and other evil deeds]]. When he helps to arrange [[WorldWarIII nuclear war]], he ends up massacring a group of other survivors in his pursuit for the woman known as Sister and an item she carries to lead to the girl Swan. When he discovers Swan's power to bring life back to the dead earth, the Man with the Scarlet Eye brings the information to a militia known as the Army of Excellence, leading to attacks on settlements and more death. It is revealed the Man with the Scarlet Eye is attempting to help the now insane former President of the US trigger a doomsday device to [[OmnicidalManiac wipe out the world and the remainder of humanity]] while he watches, [[ForTheEvulz enjoys the show and then dances on their graves]].

** [[spoiler: Takuma]] becomes even worse. While his extreme actions could at first be considered justified because it was a matter of survival, he later starts killing and raping people just for the hell of it. In case you somehow missed the memo, the scene where he and his men gang rape [[spoiler: Hibari]] and mutilate [[spoiler: Tsukasa]] really drives it in.

* PuritySue: Swan. Gets a bit old near the end of the book.

* CompleteMonster: [[spoiler: Takuma grows into one]].

* CompleteMonster: Colonel Macklin, Roland Croninger, the Man with the Scarlet Eye (literally). Macklin redeems himself [[RedemptionEqualsDeath in the end]], however.

* {{Squick}}: So much squick, especially the descriptions about people who died in the explosion or were later murdered.

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: Oh so very, very much. [=McCammon=] does not pull any punches with his descriptions of anything, including hacked-apart murder victims, the effects of radiation, and [[{{Squick}} a lot of lingering]] on the smell of decay.

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel

* {{Squick}}: So much squick, especially the descriptions about people who died in the explosion or were later murdered.